Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-19
A1rER rHx HANGING

The Curiosity Of tho Crowds Turned 10
the Remains Of tho Executed AnArch.
ists-Disposition Of the Bodies.
CHICAGO, November 11.-Aftef the hang
ing, the centre of attraction to idle curios-
ity seekers was transferred to Milwaukee
avenue, at points along which thoroughfare
the bodies of the dead men lay. At q little
undertaken shop on Milwaukee avenue the
bodies of Lingg and Engel were prepared
for the grave. The latter's remains were
easily cared for and after being placed in a
neat black covered cloth covered casket were
avenue, where the widow and brother of the
dead man waited to receive them. There
was an eager, curious crowd hanging around
the shop and though fully hundred per-
sons followed the black wagon that trans
ferred the remains to Engels old home. the
crowd did not seem to diminish in the least.
People pushed and showed and crowded to
store, in the rear of which Lingg's
did his best to make the mangled face more
slightly. It was a difficult task and it was
some hours after Engel's body lay in state
in his old home before the suicides remains
trimmings exactly like that holding Engel's
body. When this was finally done Lingg's
mortal remaing were carried out and placed
beside those of his old friend. Hundreds of
friends of the dead men filed into and out of
the little shop and took last look at the
faces almost strange from the passage of
time. At one end of the store Mrs. Engel
shrouded in a black veil. Eda Mueller
sat. too, beside the. casket which
held all that remained on earth
of her lover. Her face was as pale as death,
and she sobbed convulsively as the sympa-
thizing friends filed in and out. Further up
the avenue, at No. $50, is another under
takers shop, where the bodies of Spies, Par
sons and Fischer were cared for. Mrs. Par
sons was the most noticeable person. She
sat with her back to the window, through
which at least 100 eager, curious eyes peered.
A little woman clad in black, with face
covered by heavy veil, held Mrs. Parsons
hands. This was Mrs. Van Zandt, and she
was deeply affected as were the anarchists
wives. A small, bowed figure sat alone in
Spies, the anarchists mother. Her head
was bowed in her hands, anG they were al
most in her lap. She rocked to and fro in
the agony of grief, strangely at variance
with the actions of Mrs. Parsons, who sat
bolt upright and looked toward where the
body of her husband lay.
STRIKING FIGURE.
Her eyes were fixed in stony stare. They
were large and lustrous, but seemed to have
lost the power of weeping. There she sat,
one hand clasped in that of the woman next
to her, her lips moving as though muttering
some resolve, the thin, peaked, dark features
peering from behind the mass of Grape, and
looking as though there was something in
the future to anticipate. Hers was Xix.
ing figure. There was little excitement, and
while groups of men stood on the street corn
ers and discussed the execution, there was not
q policeman in sight nor any apparent need
of one. Tho body of Spies wa. examined
first and tuned over to his mother who took
it to her home late in the evening.
WHY TIE TRAP WAS SPRUNG 80 QUICKLY.
CH1oAeo, November 11.-Sheriff Matson
said tonight in regard to the trap being
sprung in the middle of sentence of Par
sons: "With the strained public sentiment
did not deem it expedient to have the men
make long speeches at that time. Of course
it is customary and it is believed that
man can talk as much as he pleases on the
scaffold, but there is no law authorizing it
and I deemed it best not to allow it. It
seemed to me that it would only lead to ex-
element. There had been no understand
ing that they would be allowed to talk at the
scaffold. but, on the contrary, was told by
DR.. Bolton, as we were going to the GAL
lows, they did not want to, as they had writ
ten great deal to be printed.